The night watch; or, Tales of the sea, Band 1Henry Colburn, 1828 |
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... public , and , as such , tolerated in print . " As stories , they may fail to please ; but , in aiming at something more , I hope they may not be found to possess something less . " THE CAPTAIN ; OR , THE LIFE OF A NAVAL INTRODUCTION . xi.
... public , and , as such , tolerated in print . " As stories , they may fail to please ; but , in aiming at something more , I hope they may not be found to possess something less . " THE CAPTAIN ; OR , THE LIFE OF A NAVAL INTRODUCTION . xi.
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... by his own folly , and increased by the unlimited indulgence of his beautiful but thoughtless wife , had little solace to hope for among those every - day beings on whom Fashion prostitutes the title 16 THE NIGHT WATCH .
... by his own folly , and increased by the unlimited indulgence of his beautiful but thoughtless wife , had little solace to hope for among those every - day beings on whom Fashion prostitutes the title 16 THE NIGHT WATCH .
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... hope flutter- ing on the wing rather than bidding it begone . She was not exactly " Leonato's Hero , your Hero , every man's Hero , " but just such as to show the possibility rather than probability of her becoming so . She was however ...
... hope flutter- ing on the wing rather than bidding it begone . She was not exactly " Leonato's Hero , your Hero , every man's Hero , " but just such as to show the possibility rather than probability of her becoming so . She was however ...
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... hope you will perceive , in the discipline of this ship , something worth remem- bering in your professional career . " By the contempt of some officers for the more trivial duties of their profession , those of greater importance are ...
... hope you will perceive , in the discipline of this ship , something worth remem- bering in your professional career . " By the contempt of some officers for the more trivial duties of their profession , those of greater importance are ...
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... hope also that you will soon become ac- quainted with the minutia of the boatswain's , gunner's , and carpenter's departments ; for this , instead of being beneath your notice as an officer , is absolutely necessary to a complete know ...
... hope also that you will soon become ac- quainted with the minutia of the boatswain's , gunner's , and carpenter's departments ; for this , instead of being beneath your notice as an officer , is absolutely necessary to a complete know ...
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Seite 125 - I've seen around me fall, Like leaves in wintry weather; I feel like one Who treads alone Some banquet-hall deserted, Whose lights are fled, Whose garlands dead, And all but he departed ! Thus, in the stilly night, Ere...
Seite 109 - Good name in man and woman, dear my lord, Is the immediate jewel of their souls : Who steals my purse, steals trash ; 'tis something, nothing ; 'Twas mine, 'tis his, and has been slave to thousands : But he that filches from me my good name Robs me of that which not enriches him, And makes me poor indeed, Oth.
Seite 103 - Ye noble few ! who here unbending stand Beneath life's pressure, yet bear up awhile, And what your bounded view, which only saw A little part, deem'd Evil, is no more ; The storms of Wintry Time will quickly pass, And one unbounded Spring encircle all.
Seite 103 - There's a bower of roses by Bendemeer's stream, And the nightingale sings round it all the day long ; In the time of my childhood 'twas like a sweet dream, To sit in the roses and hear the bird's song.
Seite xxxv - Where'er I roam, whatever realms to see, My heart, untravell'd, fondly turns to thee ; Still to my Brother turns, with ceaseless pain, And drags at each remove a lengthening chain.
Seite 103 - twas like a sweet dream, To sit in the roses and hear the bird's song. That bower and its music I never forget, But oft when alone, in the bloom of the year, I think — is the nightingale singing there yet ? Are the roses still bright by the calm BENDEMEER?
Seite 42 - The pleasant'st angling is to see the fish Cut with her golden oars the silver stream, And greedily devour the treacherous bait...
Seite 12 - This music crept by me upon the waters, Allaying both their fury and my passion With its sweet air : thence I have follow'd it, Or it hath drawn me rather.
Seite xv - As the Chameleon, who is known To have no colors of his own : But borrows from his neighbour's hue His white or black, his green or blue...
Seite 139 - And mine shall. Hast thou, which art but air, a touch, a feeling Of their afflictions, and shall not myself, One of their kind, that relish all as sharply Passion as they...